America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
On August 31, 2022 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Improving but Still Weak.” Notable excerpts include: Americans are significantly less negative in their evaluations of the U.S. economy than they were in July, with Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index improving from -51 to -39. The index recently hit a 13-year low of …
On January 28, 2021 Gallup released the poll results titled “Americans’ Economic Mood Sinks for Second Straight Month.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ assessments of the U.S. economy worsened in January after an even larger stumble in December, but following seven months when economic perceptions had generally shown modest improvements. The five-point decline in Gallup’s Economic …
On January 23, 2020 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence at Highest Point Since 2000.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ confidence in the U.S. economy is higher than at any point in about two decades. The latest figure from Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is +40, the highest reading recorded since +44 in October …
On October 3, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “Confidence in U.S. Economy Dips to +4 in September.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ confidence in the economy declined slightly in September, with Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index slipping to +4 from August’s reading of +6. also: Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index is the average of two components: …
On September 5, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Surges, Then Declines, in August.” Notable excerpts include: Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index is the average of two components: how Americans rate current economic conditions and whether they believe the economy is improving or getting worse. The index has a theoretical maximum …
On August 1, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “Americans’ Confidence in Economy Positive but Near 2017 Low.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ confidence in the economy was steady last month, with Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaging +4 in July. This score is nearly identical to the 2017 low of +3 registered in May and June. Still, …
On July 5, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “Americans’ Confidence In Economy Remains at Low for the Year.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ confidence in the economy remained at a 2017 low in June, with Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaging +3 for the second month in a row. Despite confidence lagging below January’s monthly record high …
On June 6, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “Confidence In Economy in May Lowest Since November 2016.” Notable excerpts include: Though still historically high, Americans’ confidence in the economy fell to a six-month low in May, largely dragged down by Democrats’ worsening economic attitudes. Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaged a score of …
On May 2, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Index Falls in April, but Still Positive.” Notable excerpts include: Americans’ economic confidence weakened slightly in April, but they remain positive about the current state of the U.S. economy. Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaged +5 in April, down four points from …
On April 4, 2017 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Index Unchanged in March.” Notable excerpts include: Still, Americans’ economic confidence has remained positive overall for 20 straight weeks — since the week after the presidential election in November — making it the longest positive streak since Gallup began tracking the measure. …